Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-08-11
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS AT Ian.
CASTER, WIS, POST OFFICE.
Jlomn and County News.


Mrs. Jehial Hyde entertains party
Of ladies this evening.
Miss May Ivey entertained party of
young ladies Monday evening.
Miss Hattie Hyde leaves tomorrow
for Reedsburg to visit Mrs. Perry.
Mrs. Wagner came up from Galena
Monday to visit her grandson, baby
Lowry
Miss Maud Garvey gave five o'clock
tea to twenty-five young ladies Tuesday
evening.
Rev. r. Pengilly will be absent next
Sunday and the church will be open
only for Sunday School.
The Muscoda band boys are making
arrangements for large picnic to be
held next month
A camp Of the Sons of Veterans was
organized at Mineral Point last week
with seventeen charter members.
Capt P. J. Schloesser, of Blooming
ton, is visiting his brother William,
north Of the stone mill in Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs c. W. Oleson spent a
few days in the country last week visit
ing relatives and taking a little recrea-
ton.
Miss Estella Baldwin went to Lake
Mills last Wednesday to visit friends.
From there she goes 10 Jefferson and
Milwaukee
Members Of the Lancaster fire COM
pany will meet at 7:15 sharp, Thursday
evening for company drill. The fore
man desires full attendance
Miss Flo Smith, of Platteylle who
has been visiting her brother Gus and
many friends in this city. was dis
patched for Wednesday evenin g on
account of the sudden illness of her
mother.
Some of our Grant county young men
have been attending the Beloit college
academy the past year. Its excellent
work is well known. We call attention
to its Fall announcement in another
column.
j. O. Hatchkiss, representing Cham
berlain e. Cos. manufacturing pharma-
cyat Des Moins. Iowa, was in the city
the first Of the week making arrange
ments for the sale Of their medicines.
The Chamberlain ads will hereafter
be found in the HERALD, and the ned
icine IN Dr. BARRIERS Drug store.
Simon Weaver, Edmund, was in the
city over Sunday visiting his father,
David Weaver Simon has rented a
farm of 500 acres at Sheldon, Iowa,
where he will take his family and
stock in d few weeks. He thinks Of
buying two ears of cattle here to take
with him, as feed is abundant at Shell
don.
VIM. Haines, formerly the proprietor
of boot and shoe store in Lancaster is
visiting his sister, Mrs j. O. Bartlett, Of
this city. Mr.. Haines is station agent
Mt a town near Boston. Mass, and he
looks heartier than when he was last
with Us. He has been up to Menasha to
see his sons children and reports that
they are getting along finely under the
care Of their step-father. who is foreman
in n chair factory.
The Mineral Point Democrat says
that on last Friday evening at about
eight o'clock the large barn OF John
Knight, who owns the old Mineral Point
mining company farm, caught fire and
burned to the ground. The fire started
in the east enl of the barn, which is
fartisest from the house, and was not
discovered until il had gained too great
Roadway to be extinguished or 10
save any of the contents of the barn ex
cent some horses which were stabbed in
the basement, and were removed in
time TO save them from burning. The
barn was Insured for $4,000.